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John Arnot Jr.

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1883–1887ID A000301
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LegislationHEADLINE
64%with Dems
of 135 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
64%with Dems
of 135 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1883 → 1885
still a Democrat

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓1883
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
53.6%with Democrats
of 28 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1883 → 1885, −14 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Jul 1, 1886S. 150No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1886noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 3, 1886H.R. 8328No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8328), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
May 29, 1886H.R. 8328No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 27, 1886H.R. 8328No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 26, 1886H.R. 8328No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 21, 1886H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 20, 1886H.R. 5887No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 10, 1886H.R. 7880No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 28 contested votes scored in the 49th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

2 Congresses
48th · 188349th · 1885
Democrat · House · NY48th–49th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
JA

John Arnot Jr.

Representative from New York
HOUSED1883–18872 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
64.4%with Democrats
of 135 votes · 35.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested64%of 135 · combined
Steepest move−14 pts1883→85, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018831885
1885–86 · 49th · Democrat · of 28 votes53.6%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 28 contested votes scored in the 49th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

48th · 188349th · 1885
Democrat48th–49th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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